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I didn't feel up to writing about 9/11. If I were to write about it, it would take me years.

Richard Ford

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Richard Ford
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 16
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The way in which sports focuses more on the peccadilloes, lives and putative personalities of athletes and less on the finer points of playing games, I've become less interested in it. I don't want to write sports profiles.
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Most things don't stay the way they are for very long. I take nothing for granted and try to be ready for the change that's soon to come.
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